Will Graphene replace Mylar?


The 2010 Nobel Prize for physics has been won for creating a substance called Graphene which is thinner than an atom and a good conductor of electricity. Wouldn't it be ideal for making the ultimate electrostatic speaker or Magnepans? Graphene probably costs a bomb now, but in a few years its cost will come down. Martin Logan please note. They already have I am sure. Adios Mylar?
ganesh

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Wild how much this stuff stretches out (go getting specs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene ) but also as semi-metal has potential for keeping Moore's Law from running out it's course because of limits inherent in silicon.it could be so think that it is easier to form into conventional drivers the way fibers might be molded into cones the way Kevlar could be molded,shaped,and baked into ubiquitous replacement for polypropylene.At 200 times the strength of steel with inherent reduction in weight and much easier to work into cones it could be the thing in years to come not just in planar sheets.But then again look at price for carbon fibre speakers enclosures,bike frames etc.So price will be as much of challenge as anything in my estimation.Now if we can just get same material for with equal potential storage for those 500 TB drives for $100 to slap all those 4.7 and 25GB discs into your media player.Again they have been promising personal Jet Packs since 1965.I have been waiting for mine since I saw Bond use one in Thundeball when I was a little kid.Meanwhile recent purchaser of Segway two wheel vehicle Jimi Heselden drove one off a 30 ft ravine into a river and died so maybe I'll settle for a stiff cone (my wife just snikckered) before my Jet Pack.Time Marches On!!!!!!!!!!
Chazz